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Inspiring Workspaces

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Facebook
California

Facebook is a business built from and renowned for promoting team spirit and connecting to those around you so its no surprise their Palo Alto HQ looks so informal and homey.

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Ashton on Mersey Sixth Form
Cheshire

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Aiming to be both stimulating and practical, this sixth forms furnishings and fittings came courtesy of Desk Centre and create a contemporary environment in which students can relax.

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GooglePlex
Mountain View
Googles corporate base is an expansive complex of innovative working space. The campus features colourful open-plan offices, bicycles for travel between meetings, meeting yurts and huddle rooms, a piano in the lobby along with projections of current Google searches, and staff are free to bring their dogs to work!

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Medina Turgul DDB
Istanbul
Although this Turkish advertising agency has seen continuous growth since its inception, its contemporary glass and wood elements, exceptional mezzanine floors and stone salt barn essentials stay true to its historic architectural influences.

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Selgas Cano
Madrid

This inspiring and original office space reflects the patch of tranquil Spanish woodland in which its built. Acrylic, fibreglass, concrete, and polyester are just some of the manmade materials used to construct this unique workspace.

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Pixar Studios
Emeryville

Pixars headquarters contain varying office ambiances, unique workspaces and incorporate enlightening colours and their most loved characters to heighten the forces of creativity.

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White Mountain Office
Stockholm

This apocalyptic looking Stockholm office space is submerged 100-feet underground and was once an antiatomic shelter. Its now home to a Swedish ISP internet provider.

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Christies Bistro
Manchester

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Thermaltake
Taipei

Red hanging chairs overlooking relaxing views are the focal point of Thermaltakes new headquarters. The revamp aimed to create a more relaxing working ambiance for employees to encourage productivity.

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Restaurants and function rooms are workspaces too, which is why Desk Centre put their all into refurbishing one of the University of Manchesters key venues. We increased seating capacity with new stools, tables and chairs that complimented the surrounding old books and oak panelling.

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Hybrid Office
Los Angeles

Use this Los Angeles-based creative media agency as the inspiration for a fresh and truly impactful take on your office cubicle.

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AirBnB
San Francisco

AirBnBs office was constructed to resemble their unique property listings and successful business , incorporating unique furnishings, cleansing white colour schemes and clean lines.

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Yummy Gum
Amsterdam
Yummy Gums office is the height of clean, white design schemes. As well as incorporating such a tranquil colour scheme, order is also kept in place with custom tables, storage boxes, cabinets and chairs.

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Dastmalchi
California
A modern, rennovated office design is one of the strongest indications that you take business expansion seriously. Soothing wall colours are also used to good effect here.

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The key to a successful educational workspace is colourful furniture, and Barrow Hall College utilise this to great effect with eyecatching stools, desks and chairs from Desk Centre. They even incorporate a little added colour into their corridors.

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Barrow Hall College
Cheshire

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Stefan Didaks work station

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APEX building
Liverpool

Stefan Didak works from an impressive twelve synched monitors at his home office, highlighted by a single contemporary lamp and clutter-free, wooden desk.

Desk Centre were tasked with creating hot desk areas, private offices and breakout spaces for Liverpool universitys new building. Bright seating coupled with traditional wooden desks ensure the layout doesnt distract from students essential work.

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IPEVO
Taiwan

Pairing industrial looks with refreshing mosslike walls and bright green trees, this hardware solutions provider emphasise the importance of a stress-free working environment.

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Traction Marketing Group
Oklaholma

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Turn your office into a home

They describe themselves as creative incubators, and Traction Marketing Groups unique workspace doesnt disappoint. Attractive colours, plenty of open space and even a ping pong table work together to provide cool converted warehouse appeal.

Taking inspiration from home interior design is the perfect way to create a relaxing working environment out of real home comforts. Modern furnishings, floor-to-ceiling windows, a great view and cosy fire place can all add to the effect.

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Manchester Library
Manchester

A library is as much a workspace as a normal office, which is why Desk Centre helped add to the Manchester Librarys grand and stately atmosphere with carefully selected, oak coloured comfy chairs.

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Yahoo
Barcelona
Yahoos Barcelona campus exudes a Jackson Pollack feel with walls covered in creative and stylish paint splatters, all highlighted by tons of natural light filtering through numerous windows. Sometimes it pays to draft in the professionals, as this awesome office designed by Klein Dytham Architecture shows. Bringing the outside in with neutral colour schemes, trees and natural wooden floors, this nature-inspired office really is one-of-a-kind.

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TBWA Hakuhodo
Japan

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Twitter
San Francisco
The Twitter offices are clean and simple, letting splashes of colour and walls decorated with Twitter birds take centre stage.

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Saegeling Medizintechnik
Germany
The high-end medical equipment this company produces is portrayed through a beautifully clinical, stylish and modern office space that makes an impact with clean and sexy curves.

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Pallotta Teamworks
Los Angeles

Pallotta Teamworks has a truly standout office. Their entire workplace is constructed from shipping containers that are stacked on top of each another and painted in colour pop shades that add flair to what could have been an otherwise dull feature.

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Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Slovenia
Youd never think this was a government office! It houses an organic-looking architectural structure where tons of plants are showcased for all to see. A real treat for the eyes!

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Innovation Lab
Copenhagen

This contemporary office signifies innovation with inventive modular workstations constructed from flat-pack units, and that incorporate excellent plug-and-play designs.

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Red Door Interactive
Denver
Red Door Interactives office highlights open space, sliding doors and their signature colour red.

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Newcastle College
Newcastle-Upon-Tyne
Desk Centre were pleased to partner with Red Box Architects and Red Box Interiors to develop a highly motivational working space students could be proud of. We ensured that all of the campus new fittings and design elements closely intertwined with the rest of the premises.

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Macquarie Group Limited
Sydney

Sometimes it pays to draft in the professionals, as this awesome office designed by Klein Dytham Architecture shows. Bringing the outside in with neutral colour schemes, trees and natural wooden floors, this nature-inspired office really is one-of-a-kind.

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The Ubiquitous Manufacturing Company
Manchester

This digital agency wants to emphasize one single thing in their office design their craft! Its the heart of the company.

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Go Media
Ohio
Go Medias new offices in Cleveland, Ohio features an in-wall aquarium, tons of glass elements, and custom wall artworks.

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Digital Garage
Japan
This technology investment and development company have turned their office into a masterpiece with colourful padded seats, translucent rooftop breaks, garden-inspired ambiance and eclectic paintings.

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Assemble Studio
Melbourne
The ceiling and wooded elements definitely take centre stage here, grabbing the attention of everyone who enters.

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Oakfields Community College
Middlesborough

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Oakfields are a strictly 21st century college, so it was only natural that their new design mimicked this. Desk Centre transformed the main entrance into a conversation piece that incorporates LED lights, flashes of colour and a mixture of wood, corinth and laminate to help engage students, staff and visitors with its wow factor.

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KH Gears
Melbourne

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AOL Ventures
New York

The headquarters of KH Gears houses an interior that radiates a sense of industry, technology and engine power. You can practically hear a metallic rumble of machinery.

Keegan Vance Forte designed this 11,500 square foot property. Vintage billiard tables, cave-lie meeting rooms, modern art, oriental rugs and exposed brick doorways are showcased to their best potential.

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Saatchi & Saatchis Rebirth
Bangkok

Saatchi & Saatchis Rebirth is an elegant workplace, which is fitting given theyre one of the most sought-after multidisciplinary design firms in and outside Thailand! The colourful furnishings and super-machine design is extremely impressive.

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El Cuartel
Spain
El Cuartels office design includes everything from traditional Spanish style to new and modern elements. Being a full-service creative studio, their office speaks volumes.

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Horizon Media
New York

This famous media services company maintains productive business operations with its exceptional office and building design, where ten modern blocks occupy three buildings on nine floors.

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Coordination Asia
Shanghai

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OKIA
Estonia
This web agency has an ideal office space. It highlights the invigorating ambiance of the companys ethos with warm furnishings and green elements; a truly motivational space.

The companys new Shanghai office exudes artistic sophistication with marble and hardwood surroundings, hidden storage, bookshelves, ceiling molding and modern light fixtures. Coordination here is key.

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Skype
Stockholm

Skypes office design beautifully illustrates the companys personality. The practicality and playfulness of their product is robustly showcased in their wall designs, flooring and colourful furniture.

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Oldham Sixth Form College
Oldham
Black leather sofas, funky orange chairs and white, bench style computer tables by Desk Centre take centre stage at this sixth form college.

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Google
Pittsburgh
Keeping much within the same vein as the other Google complexes, the search engine giants Pittsburgh offices contain chill out areas that include huge hammocks and a roof terrace complete with planting boxes of herbs. Not bad to say the buildings an old biscuit factory.

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Grupo Gallegos
California
Incorporating a roof adorned with white umbrella lights to diffuse any distracting flare, the headquarters of Grupo Gallegos doesnt scrimp on originality.

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Wassabi
Barcelona
Interesting rafters and splashes of colour are focal points at Wassabi productions. The pink roof-lighting perfectly highlights their geometric furniture.

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M@dison
Detroit
Quicken Loans Dan Gilbert purchased this building in 2011, allowing Doodle Home & Neumann Smith to redesign and renovate it into an industrial chic office space that includes a giant rooftop patio and 135-seat auditorium!

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Oktavilla
Stockholm
Located in an old textile manufacturing hall, this company possesses an office space that calms and enlightens every worker with whitepainted walls, colourful furnishings and unique wall dcor.

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OneMethod
Toronto
OneMethods unique office design was featured in an international publication of the most creative workspaces across the globe, and its no surprise. Their open-plan concept and spacious design works with wooden elements (currently one of the biggest office trends) to create a warm and welcoming space for both staff and clients.

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Nicolas Tye Architects
United Kingdom
Built on the ruins of an old farm, this renovated barn is contemporary, eco-friendly and stands out without cutting ties with the great outdoors.

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Vitra
Basel
Frank Gehry developed this incredible space for Swiss furniture company Vitra. The design allows for changeable workspaces and is full of Vitras own stylish and contemporary designer furnishings.

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Parliament
Portland

Embracing their Be brave. Stand apart ethos with a hand-constructed look fresh from the wilderness, Parliament has given its office the charm of a log cabin with hardwood linings, wooden floors and walls decorated with campfire logs.

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The Metrick System
Toronto
Rightfully dubbed one of the coolest offices in the world, this warehouse was turned into a uniquely designed working space with glass dividers, cubicles and even an airstream trailer taking centre-stage.

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Focus Multimedia
Staffordshire

Supplying Amazon, ASDA, Halfords and WHSmith (among others) with PC software, it was essential that Focus Multimedias office space reflected their success and techy ethos with an open plan working space and furnishings that demonstrate clean aesthetics.

So much more than nothing, this ad agencys truly inspirational office is made from cardboard! From the furniture, walls and roof beams, everything in these premises demonstrates to visitors that even something throw-away can be beautiful.

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Jung von Matt
Hamburg
This ad agency is ultra-slick. Huge embedded tables and built-in benches blend effortlessly into the office to unify the space.

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Nothing
Amsterdam

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Quirky
New York
Located in New York Citys Chelsea neighbourhood, this office makes the most of glass dividers and clever furnishings made from recycled items.

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Forward Internet Group
London
This tech companys extra-classy office design sees cosy meeting rooms meet impressive amphitheatres in a fairy tale setting.

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Plas Coch
Anglesey

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Cargo
Geneva
This logistics company has proven their business cool-credentials with great office design. Sixteen Hanjin shipping containers have been retrofitted to serve as meeting and function rooms for the firms employees and clients, while its bare white walls give a clutter free appearance.

Plas Coch is an exclusive retreat for those who want to escape the rat race. It was only natural that the staff office reflected this, incorporating curved designer cantilever desks and complimentary seating.

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BrandBase
Rotterdam

The BrandBase offices are some of the most standout around their furnishings are made of nothing but wooden pallets. These sprawling structures illustrate the potential elegance of sustainability.

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Mind Candy
London
These are the folks behind Moshi Monsters, so its no surprise that their offices incorporate fun, natural features that put both adults and children at ease.

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Ogilvy & Mather
China

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Square
San Francisco

Squares offices reflect the company name with tertiary spaces that are designed to avoid employee clutter.

A workplace and playground at the same time, Ogilvy & Mathers cultural hub is composed of inspiring and unusual carnival of ideas themes, a strategic tool to gain traction as a thought leader.

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Buck ONeill Builders
San Francisco
Buck ONeill Builders are some of the best when it comes to fantastic homebuilding and remodelling projects, so it makes sense that their offices exemplify their work. This great office design incorporates cantilevered raw wood stairs, stainless steel and green wall inserts to increase air flow

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The Contact Company
Birkenhead
Designed and fitted by Desk Centre, this rapidly expanding call centre couples sleek, modern design elements with functional fittings that provide a rare level of privacy between staff.

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Who would have thought that a dilapidated and decommissioned building will get an award for its re-usage? Philadelphia-based Urban Outfitters industrial roots are well preserved here.

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Urban Outfitters
Philadelphia

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Quid
San Francisco
This data analytics start-ups spacious office design brings together baroque, industrial and modern themes to create something really impactful.

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Microsoft
Vienna

Although this office cost $3.6 million, its easy to see that it was money well spent. Each corner houses a different theme from the ocean to hunting lodge accents and the expansive reception area utilises the trend for wood to its fullest.

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Wonderfactory
New York

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Inspiration for your home office
A lovely view, carefully placed plants and eye catching desks and chairs are the ideal way to spruce up a home office into something thats stunningly motivating

This New York-based office looks more like a posh lounge where eye-catching themes and cozy colours can be seen throughout.

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FCB Worldwide
China

Sometimes simple is just as effective as stand out, as the training rooms and first floor offices of Stiebel Eltron illustrate. Classic desk and chair designs from Desk Centre ensure that internal operations arent overpowered by a loud workspace.

Looking more like a piece of modern art, this office is peppered with sheep skin furniture and contains a huge conference room that has 150 custom surf boards gripped to the ceiling by steel cables.

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Stiebel Eltron
Bromborough

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Disney Store Headquarters
Pasadena
The Disney Store headquarters, naturally, highlights the magic of Disney. It was redesigned back in 2007 and now houses a conference room surrounded by huge, colourful foam blocks where around 200 people can sit during company meetings.

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Three Rings Design Inc
San Francisco
This 3,000 square foot office features Victorian/steam punk inspired design themes that are customised to fit the desires and needs of employees. They even display an array of handmade artworks designed by each employee

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DVF Studio
New York

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Bradford College
Bradford

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The largest provider of higher education outside of the university sector in England needs an equally impressive and motivational working environment, which is why Desk Centre were drafted in to design a moderncontemporary, forward-thinking cyber caf area that included innovative seating.

The DVF Studio is both owned and designed by fashion designer Diane von Furstenberg. It serves both as a 5,000 square foot showroom and an office building, including a stairway that acts as both a path between rooms and chandelier where natural light can collect.

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Lego Development Department
Billund

Legos headquarters was designed for stimulation and relaxation, using bright colours to help enhance creativity.

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Red Bull
London
Your eyes arent deceiving you; a slide runs right through the centre of Red Bulls London headquarters! Also incorporating pops of bright colour and transparent meeting rooms, this space is a serious lesson in awesome office design.

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Ilse Media
Netherlands
This is a truly exceptional office, to say the least. Its like stepping into an old 8-bit video game, with pixelised lunch trucks, coat racks, tables and even food cropping up everywhere.

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Zain
Bahrain

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ALFA Dental
Japan
No-one wants to go to the dentist, which is why Japanese designers went for a unique, simple and relaxing take on dental office design that aims to minimise panic with plenty of natural light and wooden elements.

Offices that include strategic accents of colour are always ideal for companys where office stress can run high. Telecom company Zain use them to great effect in wall designs, meeting pods and Vitra furniture.

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Google
Zurich
Not one to miss out on the fun factor, Googles Zurich headquarters incorporates fireman poles for travelling between offices, a slide to reach the canteen and meeting pods and workstations that take the form of either Swiss chalets, igloos and cable cars.

This office is a skateboarders paradise, including a normal street level retail outlet and balcony style office that overlooks a 600 square foot skatepark!

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Bastard store
Milan

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Yandex
Russia

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Syzygy
Hamburg
Dreaming up interactive campaigns for clients like Chanel and Mazda is sure to be made easier when you work in a clean, crisp office like this. The pod style desks are great for providing the peace and privacy necessary to designers.

Constructed mostly from welcoming materials such as wood and cork, this office space was designed specifically to exemplify the companys humanistic intentions and goals.

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Kind Consumer
London
Minimal bench-style desks, space-saving storage solutions and motivational, colour pop chairs make this office a fantastic working space.

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Stenham
London

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Fornari Group
Milan
Colour changing LED lights, exposed concrete floors and curved edges are the kind of forward-thinking office design elements that work to the advantage of fashion brands. Designed by Blue Bottel, this London based office features illuminated walls and bright hints of colour that brighten up what could be an otherwise generic office.

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Simon de Purys office and studio
Simon de Pury, chairman of the famous Phillips de Pury and Company Auction House combines his office and studio into one. His office features a fabulous flowing desk and bookshelf sculpture designed by talented artist Vito Acconci.

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JWT
New York
JWT might be one of the oldest advertising agencies in the world, but their colourful office screams upbeat modernity.

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Adidas
Germany
Adidas German headquarters were designed by Kinzo Berlin to combine modern functionality with the looks of a film set.

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Spring Law
London
Outfitting one of Londons most prestigious law firms was a daunting task, but one Desk Centre completed professionally and with as little disruption to working hours as possible. Contemporary furniture and elegant desks take centre-stage here.

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Gummo
Amsterdam
Advertising agency Gummo took a brave design move when they created an office made out of not just a monochrome colour palette, but reused and recycled furnishings from charity shops and ebay.

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McLaren Technology Centre
Surrey
McLarens Surrey headquarters is as staggeringly sleek as their cars. Glass walkways and white furniture all add to the sophisticated feel.

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Parasol Island
Germany
A mixture of white, robins egg blue and wooden elements, this office possesses the perfect combination of the industrial and sleek design elements that make for a relaxing and stimulating work environment.

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PONS + HUOT
Paris

The employees of Pons + Huot get to work inside bubbles! This futuristic office design also includes elements of the great outdoors to create a surprisingly elegant space.

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M. Moser Associates
Singapore
This bright and open office incorporates splashes of exciting colour and glass partitions to create a truly inspirational design.

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Unilever
Switzerland
The trend for bringing the outside in is popular among modern day offices, and Unilever utilises it to a great, relaxing effect with pastel painted walls, desks and chairs decorated with cooler colour palettes and even office partitions fashioned from rough and ready wood.

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